The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TANGELO
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More clues leading to the result TANGELO
- Fruit drink blocked by the Spanish
- Taste the Spanish initially observed in hybrid fruit
- Cross of bronze with ring, on backwards
- Hybrid fruit beginning to grow in adapted lean-to
- Far-flown messenger stopping to cross
- Fruit primarily taken by artist — not Michel
- To set about sponsor could make one cross, sour
- Get loan for cultivating fruit
- Set nothing next to brown fruit
- Brown jelly having zero fruit
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The straight part
We know that "fruit" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fruit = tangelo.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does TANGELO mean?
TANGELO noun- A citrus fruit that is a cross between a tangerine and a pomelo or a grapefruit.
- A red-orange colour, like that of a tangelo.